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W. S. TURNEY.

COVER FOR LADIES HATS.

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WILLIAM S. TURNEY, OF GREENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

COVER FOR LADIES HATS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 2, 1909.

Application filed June 22, 1908. Serial No. 489,724.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM S. TURN EY,

a citizen of the United States of America,

residing at Greensburg, in the county of l/Vestmoreland and State ofPennsylvania,

have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in (lovers for LadiesHats, of

which the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to covers for hats and head gear, and the primaryobject of my invention is to provide a novel integument im ervious towater, that will protect a bat an the trimmings thereof from rain, mistand dampness,

Another object of this invention is to rovide a covering for hats thatcan be to ded into a comparatively small parcel and carried within thecrown of the hat, within a hand bag'or pinned about the clothes, wherebyeasy access -can be quickly had to same toplace the cover in position.

further object of this invention is to provide a hat cover with meansfor simultaneously retaining the cover on the hat and the hat on thehead.

My invention com u'ehends a light and durable cover made o a non-elasticmaterial impervious to Water, such as rubber-silk, or what is commonlystyled frictionizcd-s'ilk. To retain the cover u .on the hat the edgesol theoover are provii ed with a draw string hereby the edges can begathered at the 35 edges of the hat or hat-frame My invention will bercscntly described in detail and referenci- \vi l now be had to thedrawings forming a part oi this specification,

wherein, 40 Figure is a sectional view oi my coverin arranged upon a hatworn by a person, Fig. 2 is a plan of the cover, Fig. 3 is a sectionalview ol' the covering secured upon thehat before the same is wom, andFig. 4 is an elevation of the cover provided with tyingstrings orribbons i In the accompanying drawings, deslg notes a circular iocc ofnon-elastic and water proof material having the marginal portion 50thorci)fahenimed, as at 2. to provide a continuous ocket, and this hemis provided with a p uralitv of e ually spaced eyelets or openings 3.Extending in and out of the pocket and through the openings or eyelets 3is a draw string 4 cm loyed for gathering the edges of the piece 0material around the edges of a hat '5, upon which the cover is placed.The covering rests u on the trimmings or ornamentations of t e hat andis adapted to deflect or drain water from the hat that may fall thereon.The edges of the cover can be gathered sufficiently by the draw string 4and the ends of the draw string tied to ether, to retain the coverin onthe hat an prevent the same from being acci- 65, dentally displaced.

In lieu of the eyelets 3, I can provide the edges of the cover with a.hem or runway for the draw string 4, but preferably use eyelets I as thecover is prevented from wearing by pulling the draw stringswhengathering the ed as of the cover.

n Fig. 3 of the drawin s, I have illustrated the cover as secure( upon abut before the hat is worn, while in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the coveris rovided with tyingstrings or ribbons 7, w ereby the cover can besimulteneousl secured u on a hat and the hat upon the head. hisparticular style of head cover is designed for autm mobiling andyachting.

By makin the cover of light and durable rubber-silk, I am enabled tofold the same into a very small parcel that can be arranged within thecrown of the hat or tucked in among the trimmings thereof, whereby thecovering will not be visible when not in use, but will at all times behandy should it rain.

I reserve the right to make the covering of any size and of any materialimpervious to water.

aving now described my invention what I claim as new, is

A hat covering'for the purpose set forth comprising a flat circular bodyof non-elastic and impervious material, said body having th marginthereof hemmed to form on the letter face of said body an annularpocket, eyelets secured to the bottom wall of said pocket andequi-distant fromeach other, a

shining string extending alternately into and In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature out of said pocket and throng? said eyelets in thepresence of two witnesses. and tying-stri s secured to t e ed e of saiWILLIAM S TURNEY circular body, t e upper face of seid body extending inthe same 81BX18 throughout and Witnesses: the lower face of said odyfrom its hemmed EDWARD B. KENLY, portion to its center beinguninterrupted. SAML. I. STOUT.

